News: conferences, events and seminars
This page contains details of conferences, events and seminars either organised and run by SLSA members or of interest to them.
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2019
2020
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Modern Slavery and Migration in Rural Areas: The impacts, London
CSLS Socio-Legal Discussion Group: Islamic finance: the convergence of faith, capital and power, Oxford
CSLS Socio-Legal Discussion Group: Title tbc, Oxford
The Futures of Legal Education and Practice Annual Conference 2019, Milton Keynes
SLSA events and SLSA co-sponsored events
Socio-Legal Studies in Germany and the UK: Theory and methods, Berlin
Socio-Legal Methodology Master Class, Oxford: registration now open
The Perennial Problem of Disclosure – A way forward?, Bristol
Legal Design: Concepts, methods, norms and examples, London
2019
October
JUSTICE Human Rights Conference 2019
Date: 16 October 2019
Venue: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Tudor Street, London
Keynote speaker: Rt Hon Sir Nicholas Green, Chair of the Law Commission
Please see website for details.
Sheffield Institute for Corporate & Commercial Law Early Career Workshop
Date: 16 October 2019
Venue: Sheffield Institute for Corporate & Commercial Law, Sheffield
See website for details. All welcome. Attendance is free.
Human Trafficking: Criminal law and evidence
Date: 16 October 2019
Venue: The Great Hall, Northumbria Univeresity, Newcastle upon Tyne
This Modern Law Review-funded seminar is free but please register to confirm your place. See attachment for details.
Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Contemporary Issues in Religion and Society
Date: 17 October 2019
Venue: University of Westminster, London
Please see attachment for details.
Neuroscientific Evidence in Criminal Cases
Date: 17 October 2019
Venue: University of Aberdeen
Please see attachment for details and programme.
TLI Focus Seminar Series: The end of globalization?
Date: 18 October 2019
Venue: King's College London
Please see website for details of this free Transnational Law Institute event.
Zine Workshop: Part of 'Digging Deeper' at the Soho Poly
Date: 18 November 2019
Venue: The 'Soho Poly' Basement, Little Titchfield Street, London
Please see website for details of this free event.
Film screening: Peterloo: History of protest
Date: 21 October 2019
Venue: Wolfson College, Oxford
Speaker: Dr Latrina Navickas
See poster for details.
Universal Credit and Gender equality: Exploratory workshop on prospects for actual or fictional judicial review challenges
Date: 21 October 2019
Venue: Birmingham University Law School.
This event is organised under the SLSA Seminar Competition. Please see website for details. Places are limited. Registration closes: 27 September 2019.
Masterclass on Management Agreements
Date: 22 October 2019
Venue: Westminster Law School, London
See website for details of this free event.
Relaunch of the Centre for Law, Gender, Race and Sexuality
Date: 24 October 2019
Venue: Cavendish Building, University of Westminster, London
Please see website for details of this free event.
CSLS Socio-Legal Discussion Group: Institutional Design of Judicial Review – Kelsen before the Bulgarian Constitutional Court
Date: 24 October 2019
Venue: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Manor Road Building, Oxford
See attachment for details.
Book Launch: Building Catalonia: Self-Determination and Emancipation
Date: 24 October 2019
Venue: School of Law, Queen Mary Univeristy, Mile End Road, London
Please see website for details of this launch of the new book edited by David Whyte and Ignasi Bernat.
A Workshop on Vulnerability and the Organisation of Labour
Dates: 25–26 October 2019
Venue: Newton Building, Nottingham Trent University
Please see website for details of cfp and registration.
Free Speech, Good Speech, and Social Media: Self-control or legal control?
Date: 28 October 2019
Venue: Wolfson College, Oxford
Speaker: Professor Sir Richard Sorabji
Please see website for details.
Gender and Justice: Theory and practice across contexts
Dates: 28–31 October 2019
Venue: Center for Security and Justice Research, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
See poster for details.
November
Reconceiving the Womb in Medicine, Law and Society
Date: 4 November 2019
Venue: University of Manchester
Please see website for details of this free event.
Book Colloquium: Chinese criminal entrepreneurs in Canada
Date: 4 November 2019
Venue: Wolfson College, Oxford
Participants: Alex Chung, Denis Galligan, Daniel Silverstone and Joe Whittle
Please see website for details.
Masterclass on Music Publishing Contracts
Date: 5 November 2019
Venue: Westminster Law School, London
Please see website for details of this free event.
Reassessing the Truth: The role of scientific and technological progress, the business sector, the sustainable economic and community Development in the energy transition
Dates: 5–6 November 2019
Venue: West Virginia University, USA
The event is in collaboration with West Virginia University, Center for Innovation in Gas Research and Utilization (CIGRU), the American Society of International Law (ASIL) Interest Group on International Environmental Law and Interest Group on Intellectual Property Law, and gLAWcal - Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development, UK.
Please see website for details.
Modern Slavery and Migration in Rural Areas: The impacts
Date: 6 November 2019
Venue: Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London
See attachment for details. To reserve your place or find out more information about this free event, please write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The IEL Collective Inaugural Conference
Date: 6–7 November 2019
Venue: University of Warwick
Save the date. See website for further details.
Positioning the Politics of Consent in Law and History
Dates: 7–8 November 2019
Venue: University Technology Sydney, Australia
Organised by the Legal Intersections Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Australia. Please see flyer for details.
Sir William Dale Annual Lecture: From canon to confusion – is our statute book fit for purpose?
Date: 7 November 2019
Venue: Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, London
Speaker: Dylan Hughes, First Legislative Counsel, Office of the Legislative Counsel, Welsh Government
Please see website for details.
CSLS Socio-Legal Discussion Group: Constitution-making in a post-conflict environment – socio-legal perspective of the Libyan process
Date: 7 November 2019
Venue: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Manor Road Building, Oxford
See attachment for details.
Masterclass on Recording Agreements
Date: 12 November 2019
Venue: Westminster Law School, London
Please see website for details of this free event.
Adam Smith as Jurist
Date: 12 November 2019
Venue: Wolfson College, Oxford
Speaker: Iain Mclean
Please see website for details.
Professional Recognition for Law Teachers Workshop
Date: 14 November 2019
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London
Please see webpage for details and booking.
Masterclass on Recording Agreements; Ancillary rights and new media
Date: 20 November 2019
Venue: Westminster Law School, London
Please see website for details of this free event.
Journalism as Justice, Leicester
Dates: 20–21 November 2019
Venue: De Montfort University, Leicester
Please see flyer for details.
Martin Stephenson in concert: Part of 'Digging Deeper' at the Soho Poly
Date: 21 November 2019
Venue: The 'Soho Poly' Basement, Little Titchfield Street, London
See website for details of this free event.
CSLS Socio-Legal Discussion Group: Islamic finance: the convergence of faith, capital and power, Oxford
Date: 21 November 2019
Venue: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Manor Road Building, Oxford
See attachment for details.
Pop and Politics: Part of 'Digging Deeper' at the Soho Poly
Date: 22 November 2019
Venue: The 'Soho Poly' Basement, Little Titchfield Street, London
See website for details of this free event.
Information Law and Policy Annual Lecture and Conference 2019: Digital rights in Brexit – changes and challenges
Date: 22 November 2019
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Russell Square, London
See website for details.
The Futures of Legal Education and Practice Annual Conference 2019
Date: 26 November 2019
Venue: Open University, Milton Keynes
Please see website for details.
CSLS Socio-Legal Discussion Group: Title tbc
Date: 28 November 2019
Venue: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Manor Road Building, Oxford
See attachment for details.
December
PhD Application Workshop
Date: 4 December d019
Venue: York Law School
Please see attachment for details. Application deadline: 15 November 2019. This workshop is free and travel bursaries are available.
LSAANZ Conference: Survive, thrive, die
Dates: 5–7 December 2019
Venue: South Cross University, Gold Coast Campus, Australia
Please see website for details.
Flashpoints: Human Rights, Law and Religion: call for papers
Date: 16 December 2019
Venue: Centre for Rights and Justice, Nottingham Trent University
Please see website for details. Call closes: 1 November 2019.
2020
January
70 years of the Indian Republic, London: call for abstracts
Date: 20 January 2020
Venue: SOAS, South Asia Institute, London
Please see attachment for details. Closing date: 30 September 2019.
Knowledge Frontiers Symposium: Natures, cultures and communities: call for applications
Dates: 30 January–1 February 2020
Venue: Dublin
Organised by the British Academy in partnership with the Royal Irish Academy. Please see flyer for details. Closing date for applications: 16 October 2019.
February
Sir Richard Arnold, Westminster Law School Annual Lecture
Date: 4 February 2019
Venue: Westminster Law School, London
Please see website for details of this free event.
March
Crime Justice and Social Harms: call for papers
Dates: 31 March–1 April 2020
Venue: Keble College, Oxford
Organised by the Howard League for Penal Reform. Please see attachment and website for details. Call closes: 2 December 2019.
April
Modern Studies in Property Law 2020
Dates: 15–17 April 2020
Venue: Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Please see website for further details.
Interdisciplinarity as Resistance
Dates: 23–25 April 2020
Venue: Konstepidemin Arts Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
Please see website for details. This event is supported by the SLSA Seminar Competition.
May
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting: call for submissions
Dates: 28–31 May 2020
Venue: Denver, Colorado, USA
Please see website for details. Closing date: 6 November 2019.
June
Legal Design: Concepts, methods, norms and examples
Date: 11–12 June 2020
Venue: City, University of London
Please see webpage for details. This is an SLSA Seminar Competition event.
Stigmatization, Identities and the Law: Asian and comparative perspectives
Dates: 23–24 June 2020
Venue: Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
Please see attachment for details.
Feminism, Law and Citizenship
Dates: 24–26 June 2020
Venue: University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris
Please see flyer for details.
WG Hart Workshop 2020: New Perspectives on Jurisdiction and the Criminal Law
Dates: 29–30 June 2020
Venue: tbc
Further details to be announced in due course.
Genocide and Law: Communicating through visual arts and language
Dates: 26–28 June 2020
Venue: Poznan, Poland
This is the 21st International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law and the 15th Conference on Legal Translation and Interpreting and Comparative Legilinguistics. Please see flyer for details.
July
Gender Dimensions of Violence Prevention, Mona Jamaica: call for participation
Date: 15 July 2020
Venue: University of the West Indes, Mona Law Campus, Jamaica
Seminar Convenors: Dr Ramona Biholar (Faculty of Law) and Dr Dacia Leslie (SALISES)
Please see attachment for call for chapter contributions for a peer-reviewed edited collection arising from this event. Call for chapter proposals closes: 20 November 2019.
2021
WG Hart Legal Workshop 2021: Call for Workshop Proposals and the Nomination of Academic Directors
The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies is seeking proposals and Academic Directors for the 2021 W G Hart Legal Workshop from law schools across the UK. Please see attachment for details. Closing date: 10 January 2020.